Design
Why Marcel Breuer Was 2016's Unlikeliest Starchitect
The author of a new book on the Brutalist architect explains why his buildings are both admired and imperiled today.
In 2016, Marcel Breuer dominated architecture headlines, 25 years after his death.
The former Whitney Museum that the Hungarian-born Breuer designed with Hamilton Smith reopened as the Met Breuer—a modern art extension of the Metropolitan Museum of Art—last May. It’s rare for a museum to be named after its architect, a clear sign that the Bauhaus-trained modernist still matters, even as some of his works face a perilous future.